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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Police planned to review surveillance video footage and social media websites Wednesday as they investigate a small explosion in aDisneylandtrash can that shut down a part of the park for two hours.

The blast in Mickey's Toontown appeared to be caused by dry ice in a bottle. It brought evacuations for the Toontown area of the park but no damages or injuries, officials and witnesses said. The blast was reported at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Bob Dunn said.

He told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/16ofofH) the device appeared similar to others that have exploded in Anaheim recently. Investigators were looking into whether there was connection between those blasts and the one atDisneyland.

"Unfortunately," Dunn said, "it's an all-too-common occurrence."

Disneylandofficials on the park's Twitter account called the explosion "a small bang," and said that "in an abundance of caution, the area was evacuated." They said they were working with local authorities.

Anaheim police investigated with assistance from an Orange County sheriff's bomb squad.

About two hours after the explosion the review was completed, the area was deemed safe and guests were allowed to return to Toontown,Disneylandsaid.

Park visitor Allen Wolf says he was about 20 feet from the blast, near Toontown's City Hall.

Mickey's Toontown, designed to make visitors feel like they've entered an old-fashioned cartoon, "is an interactive metropolis full of topsy turvy architecture and screwy sculptures," according to theDisneylandwebsite.

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